Responsibilities

• You independently manage a team of scientists.
• You identify the needs of your team and effectively grow, hire, and promote scientists to maintain a high-performing team.
• You have a broad understanding of scientific techniques, several of which may fall out of your specific job function.
• You define the strategic vision for your team.
• You establish a roadmap and successfully deliver scientific solutions that execute that vision.
• You define clear goals for your team and effectively prioritize, balancing short-term needs and long-term value.
• You establish clear and effective metrics and scientific process to enforce consistent, high-quality artifact delivery.
• You proactively identify risks and bring them to the attention of your manager, customers, and stakeholders with plans for mitigation before they become roadblocks. You know when to escalate.
• You communicate ideas effectively, both verbally and in writing, to all types of audiences. You author strategic documentation for your team. You communicate issues and options with leaders in such a way that facilitates understanding and that leads to a decision.
• You work successfully with customers, leaders, and engineering teams. You foster a constructive dialogue, harmonize discordant views, and lead the resolution of contentious issues.

Requirements

• 4+ years of applied research experience
• 3+ years of scientists or machine learning engineers management experience
• 3+ years of building machine learning models for business application experience
• PhD, or Master's degree and 6+ years of applied research experience
• Knowledge of ML, NLP, Information Retrieval and Analytics
• Experience programming in Java, C++, Python or related language

Preferred

• Experience building complex software systems, especially involving deep learning, machine learning and computer vision, that have been successfully delivered to customers
• PhD in engineering, technology, computer science, machine learning, robotics, operations research, statistics, mathematics or equivalent quantitative field

Benefits

• health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage)
• 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave